Dec. 1-5 Myer Elementary School PTA Barnes & Noble Book Fair, the Myer PTA is holding a book fair at Barnes & Noble in the Town of Ulster. A percentage of each sale (including the cafe, Nooks, music, and movies) goes to the Myer PTA when the customer says they are shopping in support of Myer Elementary School. On Dec. 1, all educators receive an extra 25% off. Visit BN.COM/bookfairs to support the fair online from 12/01/12 to 12/10/12 by entering Bookfair ID: 10907566 at checkout.

10 a.m.-4 p.m.5th annual "Bells on Broadway" Arts & Crafts Show and Children's Holiday Festival. Ritz Theater Lobby and the historic Green Room in Newburgh. Enter at 107 Broadway or the back entrance to the building on Ann Street, next to the Ann Street Gallery. Sponsored by Safe Harbors. Info: (845) 784-1110 or jhenley@safe-harbors.org

10:00 a.m.-noon Two Views for One Hike, join local naturalist Eric Van Deusen on this approximately two-mile-long hike to the best scenic vistas in the Peter's Kill Area of Minnewaska. Pre-registration is required. (845) 255-0752.

10:30 a.m. Enjoying Animals Safely, an educational program with live animals and audience participation. Kingston Library, 55 Franklin St., Kingston. A part of the Super Saturdays Performance Series for school age children. (845) 331-0507, ext. 7

11 a.m. Kickoff of The Wawarsing Wassail, an old world Christmas time celebration. Free kids cookie decorating and cider at Cohen's Bakery (89 Center St. Ellenville). This is also the drop off site for DUSO Foods scarf, hat, and glove drive.Events continue all day long. For information call the chamber office at (845) 647-4620.

2-7 p.m. "Crash Landing," new and old works by Mark Hogancamp, creator of Marwencol", a 1/6 scale, WWII-era Belgian village in which he stages and photographs a complex narrative of Nazi intrigue, lesbian melodrama, and Sgt. Rock-style heroics. One Mile Gallery, 475 Abeel St., Rondout, Kingston. Info: www.onemilegallery.com

4-6 p.m. Jazz and 5-7 p.m. Annual Chili Dinner, in conjunction with the Opening Reception of Holiday Small Works Show, Barrett Art Center, 55 Noxon St., Poughkeepsie. $25 per person includes a bowl created by Barrett Clayworks volunteers and a performance by the jazz cabaret duo Ann Osmond and Dennis Yerry from 4-6 p.m. Tickets (845) 471-2550 or e-mail info@barrettartcenter.org.

5-7 p.m. Biennial Christmas Open House. The Wiltwyck Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Chapter House, corner of Crown and Green streets, Uptown Kingston. Tours of historic stone houses and light refreshments.

p.m. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Musical Revue, and Sunday at 2 p.m. in the James and Betty Hall Theatre on DCC's main campus in Poughkeepsie. Official memorabilia from various Broadway shows will be auctioned and raffled.Admission is free, but a $5 donation is suggested. All proceeds will be donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the nation's leading industry-based HIV/AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization. (845) 431-8696 or send an email to dccmasquers@gmail.com.

8 p.m. A John Waters Christmas, at the Bardavon in Poughkeepsie. Reserve your seats before they're gone! Like a wayward Santa for the Christmas-obsessed, John Waters will cruise into town spreading yuletide cheer and lunacy in his critically acclaimed one-man show. The legendary filmmaker (Pink Flamingos, Hairspray, A Dirty Shame, etc.), raconteur and best-selling author feels "Christmas crazy" this year. His rapid-fire monologue explodes your favorite holiday rituals and traditions as he provides a Joyeux Noël like no other. A portion of each ticket you purchase supports the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center. $60, 40, 30.

Sunday, Dec. 2

7 a.m. Monthly Breakfast provided by the Glasco Fire Department, Adults: $8; seniors and children 12 and under $6. All you can eat. Please note new hours, two servings. No reservations needed.

10 a.m. -noon. A Child's Christmas at Clermont State Historic Site. $3, all tickets. State Route 9G, Clermont. Children, 3-10, and parents are invited to a short tour of the exquisitely decorated mansion in their stocking feet. Info: (518) 537-6622 or fofc@gtel.net

11 a.m.-5 p.m. D&H Canal Historical Society and Museum, 23 Mohonk Road, High Falls. Admission is $8 for adults, which includes the Canal Museum and the Chagall in High Falls Exhibit. Admission for children 6-12 years of age is $5.

2 p.m. Sunday Silents, first Sunday of the month at the Rosendale Theatre, 408 Main Street, Rosendale. www.rosendaletheatre.org (845) 658-8989

2 p.m. Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS Musical Revue, in the James and Betty Hall Theatre on DCC's main campus in Poughkeepsie. Official memorabilia from various Broadway shows will be auctioned and raffled.Admission is free, but a $5 donation is suggested. All proceeds will be donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, the nation's leading industry-based HIV/AIDS fundraising and grant-making organization. (845) 431-8696 or send an email to dccmasquers@gmail.com.

4:30 p.m. American Foreign Student Information Night, free and open to the public, at the Elting Memorial Library, 93 Main Street, New Paltz. All are welcome. AFS representatives and volunteers will meet with students and their families who are interested in learning more about intercultural education and opportunities for students to live and study abroad. (845) 594-7591, (800) AFS-INFO, www.afsusa.org.